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Eugene M. Johnson is a researcher affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their recent academic contributions are primarily documented through research publications and collaborations within the neuroscience field.

One of Eugene M. Johnson's recent papers is titled "Exogenous Smac Induces Competence and Permits Caspase Activation in Sympathetic Neurons", published in 2021 in the venue UNC Libraries. This work investigates molecular pathways related to neuronal competence and apoptosis, contributing to the understanding of cell death mechanisms in sympathetic neurons.

Throughout their research career, Eugene M. Johnson has collaborated with several co-authors. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Mohanish Deshmukh
  • Chunying Du
  • Xiaodong Wang

Their publications have appeared in the venue UNC Libraries, indicating a focus on openly accessible academic dissemination.

Details about specific fields or subfields of study and primary research topics have not been explicitly provided; however, the single noted publication centers on cellular and molecular neuroscience, particularly apoptosis and caspase activation in neuronal cells.

Best Publications

  • Inhibitors of protein synthesis and RNA synthesis prevent neuronal death caused by nerve growth factor deprivation.

    D P Martin;R E Schmidt;P S DiStefano;O H Lowry

  • Superoxide dismutase delays neuronal apoptosis: A role for reactive oxygen species in programmed neuronal death

    Laura J.S Greenlund;Thomas L Deckwerth;Eugene M Johnson

  • BAX is required for neuronal death after trophic factor deprivation and during development

    Thomas L. Deckwerth;Jeffrey L. Elliott;C. Michael Knudson;Eugene M. Johnson

  • Altered gene expression in neurons during programmed cell death: identification of c-jun as necessary for neuronal apoptosis.

    S Estus;W J Zaks;R S Freeman;M Gruda

  • Disruption of the Jak1 Gene Demonstrates Obligatory and Nonredundant Roles of the Jaks in Cytokine-Induced Biologic Responses

    Scott J Rodig;Marco A Meraz;J.Michael White;Pat A Lampe

  • Neurturin, a relative of glial-cell-line-derived neurotrophic factor.

    Paul T. Kotzbauer;Patricia A. Lampe;Robert O. Heuckeroth;Judith P. Golden

  • An immunohistochemical study of the nerve growth factor receptor in developing rats

    Qiao Yan;Eugene M. Johnson

  • Induction of nerve growth factor receptor in Schwann cells after axotomy

    M Taniuchi;H B Clark;E M Johnson

  • Temporal analysis of events associated with programmed cell death (apoptosis) of sympathetic neurons deprived of nerve growth factor.

    T L Deckwerth;E M Johnson

  • Artemin, a Novel Member of the GDNF Ligand Family, Supports Peripheral and Central Neurons and Signals through the GFRα3–RET Receptor Complex

    Robert H Baloh;Malú G Tansey;Patricia A Lampe;Timothy J Fahrner

  • Expression of nerve growth factor receptors by Schwann cells of axotomized peripheral nerves: ultrastructural location, suppression by axonal contact, and binding properties.

    M Taniuchi;HB Clark;JB Schweitzer;EM Johnson

  • Analysis of cell cycle-related gene expression in postmitotic neurons: Selective induction of cyclin D1 during programmed cell death

    Robert S. Freeman;Steven Estus;Eugene M. Johnson

  • Caspase inhibitor affords neuroprotection with delayed administration in a rat model of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury.

    Yu Cheng;Mohanish Deshmukh;Anselm D'Costa;Joseph A. Demaro

  • Dorsal root ganglion neurons are destroyed by exposure in utero to maternal antibody to nerve growth factor

    Eugene M. Johnson;Pamela D. Gorin;Leslie D. Brandeis;John Pearson

  • MECHANISM OF TOLERANCE DEVELOPMENT TO ORGANIC NITRATES

    Philip Needleman;Eugene M. Johnson

  • JNK-Mediated BIM Phosphorylation Potentiates BAX-Dependent Apoptosis

    Girish V Putcha;Siyuan Le;Stephan Frank;Cagri G Besirli

  • Persephin, a Novel Neurotrophic Factor Related to GDNF and Neurturin

    Jeffrey Milbrandt;Frederic J de Sauvage;Timothy J Fahrner;Robert H Baloh

  • The GDNF family ligands and receptors - implications for neural development.

    Robert H Baloh;Hideki Enomoto;Eugene M Johnson;Jeffrey Milbrandt

  • Induction of BIM, a Proapoptotic BH3-Only BCL-2 Family Member, Is Critical for Neuronal Apoptosis

    Girish V Putcha;Krista L Moulder;Judith P Golden;Philippe Bouillet

  • Role of Ca2+ channels in the ability of membrane depolarization to prevent neuronal death induced by trophic-factor deprivation: evidence that levels of internal Ca2+ determine nerve growth factor dependence of sympathetic ganglion cells

    Tatsuro Koike;David P. Martin;Eugene M. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip Needleman
Philip Needleman Washington University in St. Louis
Mohanish Deshmukh
Mohanish Deshmukh University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Malú G. Tansey
Malú G. Tansey University of Florida
Hideki Enomoto
Hideki Enomoto Kobe University
William D. Snider
William D. Snider University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Raymond T. Bartus
Raymond T. Bartus RTBioconsultants
Garland R. Marshall
Garland R. Marshall Washington University in St. Louis
Krista L. Moulder
Krista L. Moulder Washington University in St. Louis
Ralph A. Bradshaw
Ralph A. Bradshaw University of California, Irvine
Stanley J. Korsmeyer
Stanley J. Korsmeyer Harvard University

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